Sioux Falls School District 49-5
Public school district based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. NCES district ID 4666270; state ID SD-49005.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
44
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
25,060
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,669.9
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
15.0
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 839 | |
| Kindergarten | 1,821 | |
| Grade 1 | 1,896 | |
| Grade 2 | 1,963 | |
| Grade 3 | 1,944 | |
| Grade 4 | 1,793 | |
| Grade 5 | 1,865 | |
| Grade 6 | 1,786 | |
| Grade 7 | 1,788 | |
| Grade 8 | 1,815 | |
| Grade 9 | 2,109 | |
| Grade 10 | 1,974 | |
| Grade 11 | 1,751 | |
| Grade 12 | 1,716 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4.6% | |
| Asian | 2.5% | |
| Black or African American | 13.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 16.7% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.2% | |
| Two or more races | 8.1% | |
| White | 54.8% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.8% | |
| Male | 51.2% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 43, Rural 1.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln High School - 02 Sioux Falls | 9–12 | Regular | 1,954 | 118.5 | 16.5 | City: Midsize |
| Jefferson High School - 67 Sioux Falls | 9–12 | Regular | 1,888 | 116.6 | 16.2 | City: Midsize |
| Washington High School - 01 Sioux Falls | 9–12 | Regular | 1,819 | 120.1 | 15.2 | City: Midsize |
| Roosevelt High School - 03 Sioux Falls | 9–12 | Regular | 1,785 | 105.8 | 16.9 | City: Midsize |
| Memorial Middle School - 04 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 1,133 | 67.8 | 16.7 | City: Midsize |
| Edison Middle School - 06 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 937 | 60.4 | 15.5 | City: Midsize |
| Patrick Henry Middle School - 07 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 925 | 58.4 | 15.8 | City: Midsize |
| Ben Reifel Middle School - 68 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 885 | 61.9 | 14.3 | City: Midsize |
| Discovery Elementary - 26 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 873 | 50.3 | 17.3 | City: Midsize |
| RF Pettigrew Elementary - 17 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 846 | 48.5 | 17.4 | City: Midsize |
| George McGovern Middle School -09 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 780 | 59.5 | 13.1 | City: Midsize |
| Hayward Elementary - 38 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 728 | 51.4 | 14.2 | City: Midsize |
| Sonia Sotomayor Elementary - 65 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 690 | 38.1 | 18.1 | City: Midsize |
| Harvey Dunn Elementary - 54 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 681 | 37.9 | 18 | City: Midsize |
| Whittier Middle School - 08 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Regular | 675 | 53.9 | 12.5 | City: Midsize |
| John Harris Elementary - 23 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 666 | 37.5 | 17.8 | City: Midsize |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 661 | 42.9 | 15.4 | City: Midsize |
| Anne Sullivan Elementary - 20 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 632 | 45.3 | 14 | City: Midsize |
| Rosa Parks Elementary - 15 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 618 | 39.3 | 15.7 | City: Midsize |
| Oscar Howe Elementary - 58 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 608 | 35.4 | 17.2 | City: Midsize |
| Garfield Elementary - 19 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 574 | 40.6 | 14.2 | City: Midsize |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary - 66 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 472 | 31.4 | 15 | City: Midsize |
| Cleveland Elementary - 14 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 465 | 34.6 | 13.4 | City: Midsize |
| Laura Wilder Elementary - 31 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 447 | 30.2 | 14.8 | City: Midsize |
| Robert Frost Elementary - 18 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 447 | 26.5 | 16.9 | City: Midsize |
| Eugene Field A+ Elementary - 16 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 444 | 27.3 | 16.3 | City: Midsize |
| Hawthorne Elementary - 56 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 443 | 34.3 | 12.9 | City: Midsize |
| Lowell Elementary - 28 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 426 | 29.8 | 14.3 | City: Midsize |
| Terry Redlin Elementary - 11 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 412 | 37.9 | 10.9 | City: Midsize |
| Laura B. Anderson Elementary - 10 Sioux Falls | PK–5 | Regular | 291 | 25.7 | 11.3 | City: Midsize |
| Challenge Center - 51 Sioux Falls | 2–5 | Regular | 165 | 11.1 | 14.9 | City: Midsize |
| Renberg Elementary - 42 Renner | K–5 | Regular | 155 | 10.1 | 15.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| All City Elementary - 50 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 149 | 8.6 | 17.4 | City: Midsize |
| Elementary Immersion Center - 43 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 106 | 7.9 | 13.4 | City: Midsize |
| Community Campus - 41 Sioux Falls | 12 | Special Education | 77 | 10.0 | 7.7 | City: Midsize |
| The Learning Lab Early Childhood - 74 Sioux Falls | PK | Regular | 65 | 6.5 | 10 | City: Midsize |
| Bridges At Horace Mann - 52 Sioux Falls | K–5 | Regular | 55 | 16.0 | 3.4 | City: Midsize |
| Axtell Park Middle School - 47 Sioux Falls | 6–8 | Alternative | 31 | 11.3 | 2.7 | City: Midsize |
| Summit Oaks-Residential - 48 Sioux Falls | K–12 | Special Education | 20 | 3.1 | 6.5 | City: Midsize |
| Structured Teaching - 12 Sioux Falls | 6–12 | Special Education | 16 | 4.4 | 3.6 | City: Midsize |
| Avera Behavioral Health Program - 82 Sioux Falls | K–12 | Alternative | 9 | 4.0 | 2.2 | City: Midsize |
| ARISE Shelter Care - 71 Sioux Falls | K–12 | Alternative | 4 | 1.4 | 2.9 | City: Midsize |
| Avera Adolescent Addiction Care Program - 81 Sioux Falls | 6–12 | Alternative | 2 | 2.0 | 1check | City: Midsize |
| Cte - 37 Sioux Falls | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 1 | 5.8 | 0.2check | City: Midsize |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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